Question

When I write .xml files in Eclipse, I often have to manually indent code. For example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:background="@color/background"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" />

After formatting it looks like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <LinearLayout   
      xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:background="@color/background"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"   
      android:layout_width="fill_parent" />

How to automate this? I can’t find formatting settings in Eclipse for XML.

Answer 1

Ctrl+Shift+F

Will do it for you, and you can configure it in

Window -> Preferences -> XML -> Xml Files -> Editor